I see your point to an extent, but I also have 20 + years as local government, I also have worked with contracted firefighters, mainly on Strike Team assignments in the forest and most of these firefighter were and are just as trained and preform as professionals career firefighters, I have a good friend that works for a private fire company who was a BC with a Bay Area Fire Department, and a lot of the personal he works with retired out of local government, forest service, and even cal fire. And to be honest I don’t care who pay them or what color engine they drive but if my house and or community is threatened by a fire I want what ever units are available to help out. Sorry soar subject I had family members who last everything in the Carr fire, and orders were not able to be filled with plenty of private company’s just sitting
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